Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, and some of his teammates, will not be staying at the Trump SoHo hotel in New York while they are in town to play the New York Knicks. The team was scheduled to arrive on Tuesday.
According to general manager David Griffin, alternate arrangements were made for the players who do not want to stay at Trump SoHo, which bears Trump’s name through a licensing agreement although he does not own the hotel. Griffin reported that at least half of the 14 players traveling would not be staying at the hotel.
ESPN previously reported that at least three other teams — the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks — would no longer use hotels with Trump’s name. The Mavericks are owned by Mark Cuban, who has been very vocal about his negative views of the president-elect.
